COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Wait, weren't we just here? Yeah it seems so after a quick night turned weird
at Blue Bell Park between LSU and Texas A&M.

The
No. 5/6-ranked Tigers had a victory in hand, nearly gave it away and then
snatched it back with a run in the 10th inning. Even then they had
to tightrope walk through the Aggies' 10th for the win -- LSUs's
seventh in eight SEC openers this season.

While
the two teams might be hard-pressed to top the late-game drama from last night,
the pitching matchup is intriguing. Jared Poche goes for the Tigers looking for
an elusive SEC road win, while A&M's former ace, Daniel Mengden, tries to
recapture the form that he used to baffle LSU last season in a 2-1 win.

Not
much change in the LSU lineup.

Kade Scivicque steps in and will catch, with
Tyler Moore shifting to first base, which leaves five left-handed bats in the Tigers'
batting order. Kramer Robertson takes a seat and Conner Hale moves from first
base to second.

A little bit
of a new format for in-game updates starting this weekend: You can still follow
along at NOLA.com/lsu, but now the updates will show up in the comment streak
below the lineups.

That's where
you'll find updates, news, notes, numbers and analysis, and you can jum in with
your thoughts as well. You can also follow along on Twitter -- @RandyRosetta.